Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

Polyethylene plastics -- single-use bags and general-purpose bottles -- are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes them hard to recycle. Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer - ...

Experts have developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven photocatalysis. PE is the most widely used plastic in the world ...

Plastics normally bound for the landfill are getting a new life from California startup Novoloop. The company upcycles polyethylene, a plastic that’s widely used but rarely recycled. With $11 million ...

Gerdau Graphene, Sao Paulo, Brazil, launched graphene-enhanced Poly-G PE-07GM polyethylene (PE) masterbatch globally, making its first sales of the additive and forming a distribution agreement with ...

This free HDPE technical resource provides machinists with the exact feeds, speeds, and tooling strategies needed to ...

North American prices for PET bottle resin, polycarbonate and nylon were all up in April, the result of strong demand, supply chain issues and operating issues at some plants. Polyethylene prices, ...